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Here it is Jan. 5 as I write this and I’m looking at my beautiful decorated Christmas tree. Yes, our Christmas tree and most of the Christmas decorations are still out in our dining and living room. Oh well, after all it’s still within the bounds of the 12 Days of Christmas but I’m soon running out of qualified holiday time. I have visited with a couple of people recently who said last year they left their Christmas tree up year around. I don’t think I’ll do that, but it could make a beautiful Valentine tree, and then come down. It was just a d...
When my father and mother started driving automobiles, there were no automatic transmission. In fact, some of the transmissions were not even synchronized. This meant in order to shift from gear to gear, you had to “double clutch.” In other words, you depressed the clutch and moved the gear shift into neutral; then you released the clutch and “zoomed” the motor to get all the gears spinning at the same speed; next, you depressed the clutch again and repositioned the gear shift to the next desired position; lastly, you released the clutch and pr...
Q: What does Fear of the Lord mean? Should I be afraid of God? A: Let me explain the fear of the Lord with this illustration: I respect the rules of the road and would never deliberately drive on the wrong side, because I ‘fear’ the consequences of a wreck. In the same way I am aware of the awesome power and magnitude of God and seek to live on the right side of His will. I do not tremble and shake while driving because I am confident of my own safety; so long as I follow the rules! In the same way I am not afraid of God as long as I have confe...
John Wharton brought a newspaper clipping from the Belleville Telescope into the newspaper that helped us find the story about a time when a man traveling with a bull visited this area and attended a football game at Hardy. The Hardy News page in The Superior Express edition of Oct. 8, 1964, included the following story: Carl Swanson and his bull, Randy, arrived in Hardy Friday afternoon while on their walking trip from Onamia, Minnesota to Texas. The football game between Hardy and Republic gave them an opportunity to set up headquarters near...
Christmas Trees . . . What happens to “real” Christmas Trees after families are through with them every year? It’s a problem that has seemed to bothere people (mainly in the U. S., I think) for the past 100 years or so. I don’t want to make fun of the problem, but what cities did with the trees, suddenly no longer useful, is a problem. The use of artificial trees helped solve the problem as not as many natural trees were cut down to be used in December. But that didn’t solve the problem. Different cities, or areas came up with solutions, such a...
The new year of 2025 has arrived, ready or not! Happy New Year! It will take me about two months before I become used to writing 2025 on my checks and other official papers. This year, looking forward to the new year’s arrival, wasn’t at all like it was in my youth. Then it seemed the days could not fly by fast enough. I could not wait until another birthday would arrive and I would be close to becoming a teenager, getting a driver’s license and graduation from high school. When I became engaged and the wedding date was set for the comin...
Q: Why would God let this pandemic kill so many people? A: This is an important question and one that I want to handle with particular care and sensitivity. Probably the best way to do so is to encourage those seeking the answer to this question to read the story of the sickness and death of Lazarus in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11. Jesus Christ was God Himself, living on the earth as a human being. The way he responded to the death of his good friend Lazarus shows us several important things about God’s character. I will present the main p...
With this issue, The Express begins Volume 126, That means The Superior Express has been published for 125 years and always under the name of The Superior Express. C. E. Dedrick published the first issue in January of 1900, approximately 25 years after the town was established. Depending upon how one counts time, The Express could be even older. When it was established, Mr. Dedrick took over the subscription list of the Superior Sun, a paper that had been established perhaps 10 years earlier and edited by Charles Bishop. The earliest copies of...
I know a lot of people think the ‘Christmas” season is over already, but it is not. The following little phrase come from Pope Benedict 16, a well-educated and holy man. I hope it carries a message to you as you reflect on the few words that carry a strong message. “From the moment of his birth, He belongs outside the realm of what is important and powerful in worldly terms. Yet it is this unimportant and powerless child that proves to be the truly powerful one, the one on whom ultimately everything depends.” A O Dear Santa: I know this le...
Christmas is here! The true meaning of Christmas is celebrating the birth of our Savior who came to give Salvation to those who believe. With Christmas comes many happenings, memories, thoughts, traditions and sentimental feelings. It could be cradling a new born baby at a family gathering, the proud feeling seeing a grandchild get up on stage and share a Christmas reading, seeing the excitement of a child opening a present, making a family favorite dessert that grandmother used to make for past family Christmas dinners, sharing memories of...
editor’s notebook It will not surprise anyone who has ever talked to me for more than 5 minutes that I like to tell stories. As a youngster growing up hanging around my family’s gasoline station, I had lots of opportunities to listen to the stories told by the loafers who gathered at the there. One of my favorite story tellers was the late Aage Jensen but he wasn’t the only one, there were many others. Recently I was telling a younger person about the day a dump truck driver stopped at the station and asked me to fix one of the tandem dual tire...
Some years it was hard to get into the Holiday Spirit. When my husband and I became empty nesters was one of these times. Although we celebrated at our parents’ and in-laws’ houses with the children and grandchildren, all the decorating and hoop-a-la of getting ready fell by the wayside. This year has been one of the “hard to get into the mood” times. I could blame it on the high price of everything but that would be too simple. Because I am only responsible for my own daily expenses. I have extra money to splurge on special extras for others....
Q: What do we know about the Christmas star? A: The term “star” in the Bible can refer to any small heavenly body. Shooting stars, planets and galaxies would have all been referred to as stars in biblical times, because they all look the same to the naked eye. The sun and moon would not have been thought of as stars, even though we now know that the sun is a kind of star, it wasn’t called a star in Bible times. So then, when the magi claimed to have seen the star of the newborn king of the Jews, shooting stars, galaxies, planets and genuine sta...
Christmas . . . . I wish you all a Merry Christmas. I pray that you understand what the “true” meaning of the holy day is. It is the beginning of a wonderful story for the human race. A true story that tells us of the beginning of our salvation. We all enjoy the current cultural activities that go on in our world, and there is nothing wrong with that as long as you don’t lose sight of the most important reason for the season. Merry Christmas. A O Talking about stories. I would love to read what historians write about the current polit...
Many families have special foods they prepare for Christmas and this time of year newspapers often publish holiday recipes. My mother had a recipe drawer in her kitchen on Blauvelt’s Hill. That drawer was filled to over flowing with cookbooks and advertising pieces chock full of holiday food ideas. Since my father’s oldest brother was a Gas Service Company manager, we always got copies of the recipes promoted by the company’s home agent who promoted natural gas ranges as the best cooking device. I’m not sure any of those recipes. were used at...
Through the years receiving Christmas cards and greetings, I have looked forward to them but I’m wondering if they are becoming a thing of the past. For many years, our Christmas card basket sat proudly on our kitchen table filled to the brim with Christmas cards we received. Last year the basket was only one-fourth filled. This year we wonder how many cards will be received and placed in the basket. Receiving Christmas cards is appreciated, especially those containing notes and letters reporting on family news. These are really welcomed. So, i...
Q. Is there a need to study the Old Testament since the teachings of Jesus are in the New Testament? Great question! The Bible is divided into Old Testament and New Testament (see the table of contents in your Bible). But many people struggle with reading the Old Testament since many passages do not seem to relate to our lives as easily as those of the New Testament. However we must be careful not to think that the Old Testament lacks the teachings of Jesus. In fact, when teaching his disciples after being raised from the dead, Jesus revealed...
As you age, Christmas presents change. Babies may get a stuffed animal or a rattle, but often the bulk of the gifts are items for the nursery like lamps, blankets or pictures. Some new outfits are normally part of the mix, too. As the toddler stage approaches, there are push toys, ride-ons and skill building items. Often books are part of the gift pile, and there always seems to be a few clothes sneaking into the offerings. In fact, as we age, clothes seem to take over most of the gift stack. One of the family traditions of times gone by is...
For years we’ve heard the phrase in high school sports: “It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season.” In rural areas in particular, it is easy to play a team three times and quite often that phrase seems to come true. To be honest I never heard it said in college sports. Until last weekend . . . It changed when a number of sports commentators on TV used that phrase during the volleyball game between the Nebraska Cornhusker Volleyball team and the Wisconsin University Volleyball team. Nebraska had already defeated Wisconsin the first two t...
As Christmas nears, thoughts go to Christmas pasts. As a young mother years ago with two young sons that kept me busy, I prepared for Christmas as best I could. Christmas was so exciting but as Christmas drew closer in those days, I learned, as always, my husband and my large families on our mother’s and father’s sides, never gave an inch on Christmas family get-togethers. Both sides set the date for Christmas Day. Thankfully, my father’s side of the family soon decided to move their Christmas get-together near New Year’s, so it worked better...
A week ago Monday I had two computer parts shipped from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa. Thankfully, I wasn’t in desperate need of them for they took the long way to Superior. The tracking report indicated from Broken Arrow they went to Tulsa. Instead of heading north from Tulsa they went south to Dallas. They reached Omaha at 6:14 a.m. Friday but they weren’t delivered in Superior until Tuesday. In the 1970s, Superior Publishing was asked to partner with a printer at Henderson to print and mail the Rural Electric Nebraskan mag...
Phone calls . . . There are still some people around that remember the very early days of phone calls. For us in rural Nebraska that includes “party lines.” Most every ring of the phone was a time of excitement and anticipation. You could even listen in on other calls if you were on a “party line.” Phones are just one example of how much things have changed over the years. I don’t have to go into what all those changes are as everyone is familiar with them. What this is leading up to is all of the phone calls a person receives that they real...
Q: Does the bible mention anything about transgender people? A: The most important verse to remember in regards to transgender people or anyone else is John 3:16. God has proven his love to the entire world by sending his Son to take the full penalty for our sins and offer us eternal life as a free gift. Other verses to consider are Psalm 16:11 and John 10:10, which tell us that God wants to bless us with abundant life. The guidelines for life we find in the Bible are designed to free us and enable us to live this blessed, abundant life. With...
The have-nots usually borrow from those who have. Edward had a no-borrowing policy. He refused to borrow even the smallest thing. From experience, he found out if he borrowed something, for sure it would break, and he would have to repair it and fix it up better than when it came to him. We had a neighbor who liked to “borry.” Edward always had a big shop, well stocked with everything he needed to repair the many mishaps that happen on the farm. “Jim” would come over and “borry” some air from the compressor, and “borry” some tool while he w...
A phobia is an irrational fear of something, for example, claustrophobic is an irrational fear of close places and triskaidekaphobia is an irrational fear of the number 13. Therefore, I have lostcellphoneaphobia - an irrational fear of losing my cell phone. This fear extends into a fear of losing my contacts, panic when my phone responds slowly to a command and becoming unhinged when questionable texts randomly appear. To keep my anxiety at a manageable level, I have strict rules for cell phone usage. I leave my phone at a specific spot and...
